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examinations shall always be siicli as shall render fellowships accessible, from 

 time to time, to excellence in every branch of knowledge for the time being 

 recognized in the schools of the University." This clause, so far as it relates 

 to the study of natural science, has been acted on only by Queen's College 

 and at Merton College, where a natural-science fellowship will be filled up 

 during the coui'se of the present year. 



At Pembroke College one of the two Sheppard fellows must proceed to the 

 degree of Bachelor and Doctor of Medicine in the University. At the late 

 election to this fellowship natural science was the principal subject in the 

 examination. The number of College fellowships in Oxford is at present 

 about 400. 



II. Cambridge. 



It is important to distinguish, between the University and the Colleges at 

 Cambridge as at Oxford. 



There is a natural-science tripos in which the University examines in the 

 whole range of natural sciences, and grants honours precisely in the same 

 manner as in classics or mathematics. 



The University also recognizes the natural sciences as an alternative sub- 

 ject for the ordinary degree. As the regulations on this point are compara- 

 tively recent, it will be well to state them here. 



A student who intends to take an ordinary degree without taking honours 

 has to pass three examinations during his course of three years, — the first, 

 or previous examination, after a year's residence, in Paley, Latin, Greek, 

 EucUd, and arithmetic, and one of the Gospels in Greek ; the second, or gene- 

 ral examination, towards the end of his second year, in the Acts of the 

 Apostles in Greek, Latin, Greek, Latin prose composition, algebra, and ele- 

 mentary mechanics ; and the third, or special examination, at the end of his 

 third year, in one of the following five subjects: — 1. Theology; 2. Moral 

 Science ; 3. Law ; 4. Natural Science ; 5. Mechanism and applied science. 



In the natural-science examination a choice is given of chemistry, geology, 

 botany, and zoology. 



There are only five Colleges in Cambridge that take any notice of Natural 

 Science ; namely, King's, Cains, Sidney Sussex, St. John's, and Downing. At 

 King's two exhibitions have been given away partly for proficiency in this 

 subject; but there are no lectures, and it is doubtful whether similar exhi- 

 bitions will be given in future. At Cains there is a medical lecturer and 

 one scholarship given away annually for Anatomy and Physiology. At 

 Sidney Sussex two scholarships annually are given away for mathematics 

 and natural science ; and a prize of =£20 for scientific knowledge. There is 

 also a laboratory for the use of students. At St. John's there is a chemical 

 lecturer and laboratory ; and though at this CoUege there is no sort of exami- 

 nation in natural science either for scholarships or fellowships, it is believed 

 distinction in the subject may be taken into account in both elections. 

 Downing was founded with " especial reference to the studies of Law and 

 Medicine ;" there is a lecturer here in medicine and natural science, and in 

 the scholarship examinations one paper in these subjects ; no scholarship is 

 appropriated to them, but they are allowed equal weight with other subjects 



to time shall determine." In tbe statutes of Lincoln College the following clause occurs : — 

 " Pateat autem societas non iis tantum, qui in literis Grtecis et Latinis se profecisse pro- 

 baverint, sed etiam aliarum bonarum artium peritis juvenibus." And in the statutes of 

 Corpus Christi CoUege, " Quicunque se candidates offerant examinentur in bonis literis et 

 scientiis, sicut Prfesidenti et sociis videbitur." 



